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BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 403,498, dated May 14,1889.

Application filed March 27, 1888. Serial No. 268,610. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cartersville, in the county of Bartow and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baling-presses; and its object is to provide adevice of this class by means of which the material can be convenientlyand quickly fed through a twopart or tubiform hollow plunger in lieu ofthrough the usual feed-opening in the balingchamber; and its furtherobject is to provide a baling-press embodying advantages in point ofsimplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a baling-pressembodying Iny invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom or inverted plan view. Fig.3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line ac, Fig. Fig. 4is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a ldetail vertical sectional view taken through the front end of thebalingchamber and operating-lever. Fig. 6 is a detail horizontalsectionalview of the operatinglever. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective viewof the plunger. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modification, showingmy improved two-part or tubiform hollonr plunger applied to a verticalpress. Fig. 9 is a top or plan view thereof. Fig. l0 is a verticaltransverse sectional view of the same.

Corresponding parts in the figures are denoted by the same letters ofreference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the baling-chamber, comprisingfour longitudinal beams, a, a top, a', and bottom o2, secured thereto,and sides as, secured to cross-beams ai. rihe bottom and two lowerlongitudinal beams are extended at the rear end some distance beyond thetop and top beams, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

The plunger is preferably composed of two parts or sections, B C,operating alternately. The section B is composed of a long rectangularbase portion, Z), and a shorter similar side portion, b', secured uponthe top of the base at one edge and at right angles to said base, saidsection B being L-shaped in crosssection. The section C is similar inconstruction to the one just described, the top c and side c being aboutthe same length as the side of section B. The section C is of aninvertedn L shapein cross-section, the lower edge of the side fittingagainst the outer edge of the base and the inner edge of the top againstthe inner upper edge of the side of section B, both sections when inposition being rectangular in crosssection- The rear ends of the sidesof each section and the top of the pluir ger are beveled to permit ofready insertion of the Inaterial to be pressed.

D designates a longitudinal beam secured along the under side of thebottom a2 at the center thereof, said beam being recessed upon its innerface at the rear end, as shownA at d, and within this recess is mounteda sheave, E, having a bearing upon a screw or bolt, c, passing throughthe bottom of the balingchamber, through the sheave, and into the beam.The beam D is provided at its inner front end with a recess, d. lVithinthis recess is pivoted an operatingdever, F, by means of a screw orbolt, f, passing through the bottom a2, through an eye, f', in thelever, and into the beam D.

The lever F is provided with a longitudinal recess, f2, at its rear end,within which is Inounted asheave, G, having a bearing upon the screw orbolt f.

The sections of the plunger are operated by connection with twolongitudinally-arranged strips, H H, upon the under side of thebalingchamber by means of screws h, connecting said strips and sectionsand passing through two longitudinal slots in the bottom a2. Each ofthese strips is connected with a section of the plunger by one of thcscrews 7i. The rear ends of the strips II are connected by a chain, I,passing around the sheave E.

A short chain, J, is secured to each of the front ends of the strips H,and to the free ends of these chains are pivoted two short strips, K K,having an eye or perforation, 7c

la, at their forward ends. These strips K K are secured to theoperating-lever by a screw or bolt, L, passing through one of a seriesof perforations, Z, in said lever. By means of this series ofperforations the chains and strips may be adjusted or regulated to exertgreater or less operating-power.

The usual clamping bolts and nuts, M M and m m, respectively, areprovided at the forward end of the baling-chamber through the beams dand top and bottom of the chamber.

A transverse slot, N, is provided in the top d', of the same width asthe interior of the balingchamber, adapted for the purpose hereinafterdescribed.

O designates an axle secured to the under side of the press and within arecess in the' beam D, and provided with two recesses, o 0, to permitthe movement of the strips II. Carrying-wheels P P are mounted at theouter ends of the axle. A support, Q, consisting of a 'horizontalportion, q, and two convergent arms, gf q', is secured to the beams D atits forward end.

The 'operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understoodby those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

The material is fed through the center of the sectional plunger and theoperating-lever drawnlback and forth, and by this operation one sectionis drawn forward while the other section is drawn backward, and whensufficient material has been fed for a bale aboard is inserted into thechamber through the slot in the top and the bale is then pressed.

The advantages secured by feeding the press through my plunger 'areobvious. For instance, the delay incident to returning the plungercommonly used after each stroke in order to feed the material throughthe usual feed-opening in the top of the chamber is obviated. With myimproved press the bales can be more quickly and easily made.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, and lO I have shown myimproved sectional hollow plunger applied to a vertical press, thesections of the plunger being operated through the medium ofcrank-wheels S, rigidly mounted upon the ends of a horizontal transverseshaft, s, at each side of the base of the press. The shafts s s havegear-wheels s located centrally between said crankwheels, and the Wheelsare connected with the sections of the plunger by pitmen or arms T,pivoted to said crank-wheels at one end and at their outer ends tocross-pieces U at the top of the sections of theplunger. Motion isimparted to the crank-wheels by wormgear V, mounted upon a shaft, v, andmeshing with the gearwheels, one end of said shaft being provided with aband-wheel, W, as shown.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a baling-press, the combination, with abaling-chamber, of a two-part hollow plunger, an operating-lever, and astrip-and-chain connection between the plunger and said lever,substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of atwo-part hollow plunger, substantially as set forth.

3. In a baling-press, the combination, with the baling-chamber, of atwo-part plunger, an operating-lever, and strips and chains connectingthe same with said plunger through slots in the baling-chamber,substantially as set forth. A

4. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of aplunger, a lever at one end of said chamber, a sheave at the oppositeend, strips connected with the plunger, a chain passing around saidsheave and connecting the corresponding ends of the strips, and a chainor chains connecting the opposite ends of said strips with the lever,substantially as set forth.

5. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of aplunger, a lever at one end of said baling-chamber provided with aseries of perforations, and a chain-and-strip connection between saidplunger and lever, said perforations being adapted for adjusting thechain-and-strip connection, substantially as set forth.

6. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a sheavepivoted at one end thereof, a lever pivoted at the opposite end andhaving a sheave mounted in a recessed end thereof, strips connected witha plunger through slots in the baling-chamber, chainsr connecting saidstrips and lever, and a chain l passing around the sheave at theopposite end of the chamber and connected at each end to thecorresponding free ends of the strips, substantially as set forth.

7. In a baling-press, a baling-chamber having slots in the bottomthereof, a plunger located therein, operating strips and chainsconnected with said plunger through the slots, a transverse slot in thetop of the chamber adapted for the insertion of an end piece for thebale, clamping bolts and nuts at the front end, an axle andcarrying-Wheels mounted at one end, and a support or rest at the otherend, substantially as set forth.

8. In a baling-press, a two-part plunger rectangular in cross -section,said parts being adapted to operate alternately to press the same bale,substantially as set forth.

9. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling chamber, of a twopart tubiforln plunger, a lever pivoted at the forward un- 4 der side ofthe baling-chamber, recessed at its pivoted end and a sheave pivotedtherein, a

sheave pivoted at the opposite end of said A chamber, longitudinalstrips connected with the sections of the plunger through longitudinalslots in the bottom of the balingchamber, chains connected to theforward ends of the strips, short strips pivoted to the free ends ofsaid chains and having eyes or perforatons in their other ends forsecuring In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in said strips to thelever by a bolt passing presence of tWo Witnesses. through the same andone of a series of perforations in the lever, and t Chain passing VIRGILL. WILLIAMS. l 5 around the shezwe at the opposite end of thehaling-ohamber and having its ends Connected Witnesses: with the freeends of the longitudinal strips, T. W. H. HARRIS,

substantially as set forth. JNO. H. WIKLE.

